A Simple Guide to OpenLayers in Angular
How to use the powerful mapping library in Angular
Having been using Leaflet for mapping in Angular and writing about how to do it, I have now been working on some mapping projects using OpenLayers.
Why OpenLayers
Having written a whole series of articles about using Leaflet in Angular — i.e. see this …
… Why change to OpenLayers?
Leaflet is a great library and it is very easy to quickstart simple projects. It needs very little set up and has a large library of controls and extensions. However, if you want to go beyond the basics, particularly in terms of complicated projection manipulation or wanting to have real GIS symbology on the layers (i.e. programmatic control of the shape, size and colour of features) as opposed to simple markers, Leaflet runs out of steam quite fast. It is a bit like Google Maps in that regard.
OpenLayers (OL) is, to my mind, much more powerful but tends to have a higher cost to learn and to start a project because of that. OL also expects you to…
